Inno3D Tornado Geforce4 MX440

Hong Kong, February 6, 2002 - World-leading graphic card manufacturer, InnoVISION Multimedia today announced the latest Inno3D Tornado Geforce4 MX440 Graphic Accelerator card based on the advanced NVIDIA® GeForce4 GPU (Graphics Processing Units) technology. The Inno3D Tornado GeForce4 MX440 DDR Graphics Card featuring a completely new GeForce core with on chip new 3D and anti-aliasing engines. It will have powerful 3D to ensure that any application will run and look great with smooth antialiased images. There are many new innovations as follows:

Improving memory efficiency with nVIDIA® Lightspeed Memory Architecture II
To drive all of this integration, the Tornado GeForce4 MX440 incorporates nVIDIA® 's Lightspeed Memory Architecture (LMA) II technology to boost effective memory bandwidth by up to 300% and improve overall memory efficiency. Radical new technologies - including a 64MB, 128-bit DDR memory interface, Z occlusion culling, fast Z clear, and auto precharge - effectively multiplies the memory bandwidth to ensure fluid frame rates for the latest 3D and 2D games and applications.

Best visual effects with nVIDIA® AccuView Antialiasing™ Engine
The Tornado GeForce4 MX440 with nVIDIA's patent-pending Accuview Antialiasing (AA) technology delivers the best visual quality and performance, without the dreaded "jaggies". By integrating a variety of hardware-implemented, high-resolution antialiasing multisampling techniques, including 2X, 4X, and nVIDIA® 's own Quincunx mode, the Tornado GeForce4 MX440 delivers up to five times the antialiased performance of the GeForce2 MX GPU, while delivering superior visual quality and no performance degradation.

The Ultimate Multi-Display Solution with nVIDIA® nView Display Technology
NVIDIA's nView hardware and software technology combination leverages nVIDIA's industry-leading hardware and software expertise to deliver multi-display functionality of immense flexibility. nView incorporates built-in attribute and performance tuning for each of the different display devices - including CRTs, Televisions, and flat panel LCDs - and provides for completely intuitive and flexible work environments. nView also includes support for:

• Windows® XP native multi-display mode.
• Up to nine simultaneous displays through Microsoft Control Panel.
• Enhanced Windows Management, including enhanced windows and dialog-box positioning flexibility, windows and menus transparency capabilities; and thumbnail zooms for quick visibility of hidden windows within a cluttered desktop.
• Comprehensive hotkeys support, offering unlimited flexibility in binding actions to hotkeys.
• Up to 32 completely different working environments saved as separated name desktops.
• The Inno3D Tornado GeForce4 MX440 DDR Graphics Card leverages the GeForce4 MX DDR GPU with 64MB DDR SDRAM to provide very competitive performance and value for mainstream PCs. Core clock speed runs at 270MHz and memory clock speed is 400MHz. Operating systems support including Windows® 98 SE, Windows® Me, Windows® 2000 and Windows® XP.

The Inno3D Tornado GeForce4 MX440 DDR Graphics Card come ready bundled with software suite, including award-winning WinDVD2000 Software DVD Player from Intervideo Inc. and PowerDirector™ Video Editing Software from CyberLink Corp.

The Inno3D Tornado GeForce4 MX440 DDR will be available in sample quantity from second week of February 2002. Suggested MSRP will be US$149

Inno3D graphics cards based on GeForce4 technology such as GeForce4 Ti4400, MX460 Pro will be shipping in quantities late February 2002.